Given name & surname · also Turkish

Şirin

Şirin is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Şirin comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Classical Persian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ottoman Turkish شیرین, from Classical Persian شیرین.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Şirin’s family of names

In Azerbaijani usage, Şirin has a conventional equivalent in the English form CHERINE.

Walk Şirin’s family in the name graph

ŞirinSirinŞîrînCherine

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Şirin

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Persian

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Sandelin is a surname from Persian. It is used in Swedish.

No U.S. birth series

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Persian

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No U.S. birth series

5% boys · 95% girls

Persian

Hermîn

“thought, mind”

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Arabic

Sürəyya

Sürəyya is a feminine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Azerbaijani.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Persian

Afşin

Afşin is a given name from Persian. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

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Persian

Seo-yeon

Seo-yeon is a feminine given name from Persian. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Persian

Təhminə

Təhminə is a feminine given name. It is used in Azerbaijani.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Persian

Sanaee

Sanaee is a surname from Persian.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Şirin’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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